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* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1963 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Rocksi"It is the sea, and not this snarl of rocks, that is angry", single work poetry (p. 1)
- The Wavei"The wave is something, yet - nothing.", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Islandi"The island is lost ground; an acre or two", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Low Tidei"The slavishly hidden sands... I remember", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Sea Leveli"Over this flat-pan sea, this mud haven,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Cormorantsi"The sea has it this way : if you see", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Mangrovei"I saw its periscope in the tide;", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Jellyfishi"In lewd imitation of woman, heavy upon the tide,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Beach Floweri"I looked at that plant flowering yellow", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Dead Fishi"A flat papery fish, like a cured head,", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Porpoisesi"Porpoises, so far from their green, salt garden;", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Seaweedi"There is the brown dress, tattered, in shreds,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Small Fryi"I saw such tiny fish: they'd take a year", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Lighthousei"The lighthouse stands nipple-raised in the wind", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Stonefish and Starfishi"These are the first shapes: stonefish and starfish.", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Sea Waspi"I know the animals with heads and eyes", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Dinghiesi"Dinghies, those disreputable carts of the sea,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Death of a Whalei"When the mouse died, there was a sort of pity:", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Beaconi"This man in the blue-striped guernsey, this semaphore,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Crabi"Shellfish and octopus and all the insane", single work poetry (p. 20)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
The Sea Will Be There: John Blight's Beachcombing Days
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , December vol. 24 no. 2 2017; (p. 215-228)'According to Judith Wright, John Blight's best poems were about the sea. From the 1940s, when he lived around the Sunshine Coast, he wrote about the rhythms of life by the sea and about human relationships with the more than human world. In the 1960s, he published 180 sonnets in two volumes, A Beachcomber's Diary and My Beachcombing Days. The sonnet form, he said, cut him down to size. This paper considers Blight's work and its engagement with the littoral zone: the seascapes and ecology of the Sunshine Coast. It attempts to hear the sea's voices — muffled, indistinct — and to illuminate Blight's ideas about its alien nature.' (Abstract)
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'Poets are Always Writing About the Sea...'
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Fryer Folios , June vol. 6 no. 1 2011; (p. 11-13) Stephany Steggall writes about the papers of poet John Blight in Fryer Library, particularly his correspondence with Judith Wright. -
Two Views of the Poetry of John Blight : II
1976
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 36 no. 1 1976; (p. 56-70) -
Two Views of the Poetry of John Blight : I
1976
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 36 no. 1 1976; (p. 50-56) -
Untitled
1970
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bread and Wine : Selected Prose 1970; (p. 185-86) Quotes 'Death of a Whale' and makes a brief critical comment.
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Untitled
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May vol. 3 no. 7 1964; (p. 132)
— Review of A Beachcomber's Diary : Ninety Sea Sonnets 1963 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , March 1968; (p. 28)
— Review of A Beachcomber's Diary : Ninety Sea Sonnets 1963 selected work poetry -
Reviews
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 4 1964; (p. 55,57,59)
— Review of In Light and Darkness 1963 selected work poetry ; A Beachcomber's Diary : Ninety Sea Sonnets 1963 selected work poetry ; Poems [Volume 1] 1963 selected work poetry -
Among the Minors : A Review of Australian Poetry Published in 1963
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 24 no. 2 1964; (p. 131-137)
— Review of In Light and Darkness 1963 selected work poetry ; Forty Beads on a Hangman's Rope : Fragments of Memory 1963 sequence poetry ; A Beachcomber's Diary : Ninety Sea Sonnets 1963 selected work poetry ; Eight by Eight : Poems 1963 anthology poetry ; Poems [Volume 1] 1963 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1963 1963 anthology poetry ; Selected Lyrics 1963 selected work poetry ; The North-Bound Rider 1963 selected work poetry ; Aurora Australis 1963 selected work poetry ; Pistils for Two 1963 selected work poetry ; Red Scarf 1963 selected work poetry -
Slim Volumes
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May vol. 3 no. 7 1964; (p. 132)
— Review of In Light and Darkness 1963 selected work poetry ; A Beachcomber's Diary : Ninety Sea Sonnets 1963 selected work poetry ; Poems [Volume 1] 1963 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1970
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bread and Wine : Selected Prose 1970; (p. 185-86) Quotes 'Death of a Whale' and makes a brief critical comment. -
Two Views of the Poetry of John Blight : I
1976
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 36 no. 1 1976; (p. 50-56) -
'Poets are Always Writing About the Sea...'
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Fryer Folios , June vol. 6 no. 1 2011; (p. 11-13) Stephany Steggall writes about the papers of poet John Blight in Fryer Library, particularly his correspondence with Judith Wright. -
Two Views of the Poetry of John Blight : II
1976
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 36 no. 1 1976; (p. 56-70) -
John Blight's Earlier Poetry
1965
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Makar , August no. 22 1965; (p. 18-26)
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